Addicted to Crime? (Wiley Series in Offender Rehabilitation) - Softcover

Hodge, John; McMurran, Mary; Hollin, Clive R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471957771 ISBN 13: 9780471957775

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Certain features of criminal behaviours parallel those of the addictions. For example, a drug addict who has not had a recent "fix" may be obsessed by thoughts of the drug until he acquires another dose. Obviously not every offender is addicted to crime, yet there may be value in exploring addiction models in their application to the understanding and treatment of some criminal behaviours. This text explores addiction models in their application to the understanding and treatment of some criminal behaviours. It addresses theoretical issues, practical implications of the "addicted to crime" hypothesis, and provides such evidence as currently exists.

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Addicted to Crime? Edited by John E. Hodge, Mary McMurran, and Clive R. Hollin Are there features of criminal behaviour that parallel those of addiction more closely than we realise? By drawing together current expertise from these two areas, can the sum of the parts yield positive new options for working with offenders? As every practitioner knows, substantial numbers of offenders persist with their offending even when it brings risk to their personal well-being and fails to produce obvious rewards. On the basis of such cases emerges the possibility of a theoretical link between offending and addiction. Criminal behaviour that is highly repetitive appears to bring "internal rewards" for some offenders. Understanding such behaviour often invokes concepts such as motivation and emotion, excitement, control and reward, as similarly found in the addiction literature. Is there more than coincidence to this overlap? Using previous research, conceptual development, empirical work, and individual casework, expert researchers and practitioners attempt to explore the potential link between addiction and crime. This offers new insights into offending behaviour and presents perspectives for assessment and intervention.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471957771
• ISBN 13: 9780471957775
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250